Jon Venables

Born

1982-08-13

Birthplace

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Biography

Jon Venables is an English convicted murderer who, at age 10 in 1993, abducted, tortured, and murdered two-year-old James Bulger in Merseyside alongside Robert Thompson. Following their conviction, both were detained until 2001, receiving lifelong anonymity. Venables has since been re-imprisoned multiple times for possessing indecent images of children.